So, today’s blitz assignment we created the foley sound for an excerpt from The Black Smith, my horse needs shoes, a Buster Keaton silent film. The class was divided into 5 groups and each group was responsible for a 40 second excerpt. It was recorded in real time and I was surprised at how well it worked. I also enjoyed the performative/creative ...

Hey people, please send me an email if your blog does not appear correctly on the elevatorbingo’s class list.  Homework:  10 stars!!!! (visual and design bin)

Hum … boing boing had an interesting article about the White House’s plans for making all federally funded research free and accessible to the public. Could this be part of Aaron’s legacy? Apparently, according to the government’s memo they are reacting to a petition that citizens signed which not only reflects the Obama administrations inherent understanding ...

Above is the original Vintage ad jpeg I found. Below I have isolated the icon and saved it as PNG inorder to preserve transparency. Please upload the image to flickr and tag correctly! and this is how I did it! Tutorial Graphic Gift from chloe smola...

As promised here’s the post with some detailed explanations about your homework! So we’re moving right along and have entered the graphic design and visual manipulation section of the course. Our blitz assignment for this week was to make a graphic gift using vintage imagery. I’m excited to see what you will come up with. ...

We talked extensively today about the Creative Commons, Laurence Lessig and Aaron Swartz. Here is the speech that Harvard Professor gave last night it is long but unpacks many important issues and I encourage you to watch it. (at least some of it) I have several  thoughts that I will try to put in writing ...

When is Wednesday a Monday? Next Week.  No class Monday, February 18th – class meets Wednesday, February 20th.  Good Morning! So, I’m excited to have a productive week and really begin to delve into internet culture. The ct101 site has some very valuable and detailed information on how to make gifs with open source GIMP ...

  I just tried to make only one part of the picture move … I just had the opportunity to re-watch Gardener Campbell’s 2010 lecture called “No More Digital Facelifts.” and thought I would offer some thoughts and perhaps leave you with a few questions to consider. Not unlike the printing press’s invention at the dawn of the Renaissance, at ...

Shadow Art by Kumi Yamashita Hello Everyone! Just wanted to let you know that there are instructions as to how to get into the the DS106 Stream.